# Revolution for the Hell of It

- Author: [Abbie Hoffman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/abbie-hoffman.md)
- Quotes: 8
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/abbie-hoffman/revolution-for-the-hell-of-it

## Quotes

> The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.

p. 184

> TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

p. 184

> I can only related to Chicago as a personal anarchist, a revolutionary artist. If that sounds egotistical, tough shit. My concept of reality comes from what I see, touch, and feel, The rest, as far as I'm concerned, didn't happen. If it did, so what, then it happened. Great! I am my own leader I make my own rules. The revolution is whereever my boots hit the ground. If the Left considers this adventurism, fuck 'em, they are a total bureaucratic bore.

> THE KEY TO ORGANIZING AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY IS TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE AROUND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

p. 135

> The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

p. 188

> I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

p. 187

> You ask, "What about the innocent bystanders?" But we are in a time of revolution. If you are a bystander, you are not innocent.

p. 183

> STRUCTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONTENT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION. It is the same as saying "the medium is the message."

p. 109